Vrishabha
Vrishabha, the Vedic name for Taurus: the 2nd rashi (sign) of the sidereal zodiac. Its lord is Venus, its element Earth (Prithvi: steadiness, patience, and the practical), and its nature sthira, fixed: it holds, sustains, and resists being moved. In the Kalapurusha, the zodiac read as one body, it governs the face, neck, and throat. Because Vedic astrology measures against the fixed stars, Vrishabha sits about 24° behind Western Taurus, so a planet in the first 24° or so of Western Taurus is usually in Vedic Mesha (Aries).
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